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Title: Reporter Greg Palast faces Homeland Security charges
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URL Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/8/1652/27710
Published: Sep 8, 2006
Author: "A Peaceful Warrior"
Post Date: 2006-09-08 10:42:46 by aristeides
Keywords: PALAST, DHS
Views: 530
Comments: 41
Reporter Greg Palast faces Homeland Security charges by A Peaceful Warrior [Subscribe] With so much attention focused on George W. Bush's "Freedom Agenda" oversees in Iraq, Afghanistan, secret CIA torture prisons, and the like, I'd like to direct your attention to the Freedom Agenda here in what used to be known, until 2000, as the United States of America. We all know Greg Palast as one of the last of an endangered species in this country - the investigative journalist. He has reported on everything from shady big business dealings to electoral shenanigans that have clouded the last several national US elections, and if the current reincarnation of Richard Nixon squatting in our White House has his way, Greg might be in big trouble... Join me. Writing for Greg's website, Zach Roberts reports that Palast is under criminal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for filming a site owned by Exxon Mobil for a Hurricane Katrina documentary. It appears the complaint is about filming a sensitive national security site owned by Exxon petroleum. It seems that photographing major Bush donors is now a federal offense. Reached at an undisclosed location, Palast says, "Let's not get over-excited. They haven't measured us for our orange suits yet." During questioning by Homeland Security, Palast asked, "Hey, aren't you supposed to be looking for Osama? Or for guys with exploding shoes? ... We're journalists." At Palast's request, Homeland Security confirmed that Louisiana is, indeed, still part of the USA but did not respond when asked if the First Amendment applies there. Exxon-Mobil now apparently has DHS protection. Taking a quick glance at history and the state of our own Republic, this is, in my view, another textbook example of authoritarianism in collusion with corporatism bound in a determined pact to destroy liberty in the name of advancing it. We must be ever vigilant.
Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:06:52 PM PDT Yes, the rumor's true. Greg Palast is facing a criminal complaint from the Department of Homeland Security stemming from his filming the Hurricane Katrina investigation for Link TV and Democracy Now. The film's producer, Matt Pascarella, is also facing the legal wrath of Big Brother.
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#1. To: All (#0)
I can't get the http://gregpalast.com link on Daily Kos to work, so I will post this diary unchanged. I can't help remember that I heard Greg Palast's charges about Katrina on an interview of him by Mike Malloy, subbing as host of Randi Rhodes's radio show, a couple of weeks ago, and that the very next day it was announced that Malloy had been fired by Air America. Coincidence?
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
Christopher Bollyn has a hearing on 9/13 (this Wednesday) in the Chicago area for his trumped up charges. Homoland Security called his local police dept. and told them that Bollyn was a "dangerous man".
"We can make a natural alliance through the ownership of the great industries of the world and through the sharing of their profits." -Lord Charles Beresford, in a 1903 speech to the (Anglo-American-Jewish) Pilgrims Society.
The Nazification of AmeriKa marches forward. And the Asshats cheered.
What?! Bollyn for standing in his driveway and Palast for taking pictures. Who's next?
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers I feel like I'm McMurphy and nurse Ratchet wants to medicate me.
Some of us on this board are in the crosshairs.
"We can make a natural alliance through the ownership of the great industries of the world and through the sharing of their profits." -Lord Charles Beresford, in a 1903 speech to the (Anglo-American-Jewish) Pilgrims Society.
Be the Chief instead. ; )
"We can make a natural alliance through the ownership of the great industries of the world and through the sharing of their profits." -Lord Charles Beresford, in a 1903 speech to the (Anglo-American-Jewish) Pilgrims Society.
Well that's confusing.
"Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?" -- Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) Source: A Treatise on Political Economy, 1803 "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." -- John Morley (1838-1923) Source: Critical Miscellanies Chertoff is speaking on terrorism on C-SPAN Radio right now.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
I finally got the link to http://gregpalast.com to work. Here's a link: Palast, Pascarella Face Homeland Security Charges. I guess a lot of people were trying to get to that site.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
Chertoff?? This droid looks like Lenins grandson.
Well that's confusing. No, that's crystal clear!
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers and his voice is so irritating.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers To quote Larry David (who was talking about someone else): "He's a Jewface".
"We can make a natural alliance through the ownership of the great industries of the world and through the sharing of their profits." -Lord Charles Beresford, in a 1903 speech to the (Anglo-American-Jewish) Pilgrims Society.
I think he looks more like Felix Dzerzhinsky. But, since I'm listening on the radio (or at least have the radio on, and am listening to him from time to time,) I can't see the guy at the moment.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
I doubt Felix was a lilly-livered, weak-kneed obsequious sycophant. He does look like him, and he was probably just as evil. Nice party shirt, I'll bet Chertoff has one just like it in his closet.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers Recall, Lenin and his pals are the ones that came up with hanging for any anti-semetic. Nice tolerant people they were. In Chertoff I see a man that would hang his own Mother if she bad mouthed Israel. Also, is Vladimir Chertoff a Israeli citizen????
I don't think that's a face I could grow accustomed to.
nah, don't think so. "Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. A well armed Chief. Excellent advice :)
A Chiefs Special is a damn good start. But I'm old fashioned. Plus side is they don't spray brass all over the place.
Today's pig is tomorrow's bacon (a Labor Day recipe), by Greg Palast This article praises Palast's investigative journalism: "If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers These innocent people harrassed and charged with "thought crimes" in violation of the Constitution should BLOW AWAY the feds when they come to the door. This is bullshit of the highest stink factor. Fuck it. I've had it. come to my door assholes and find out what happens.
#2. To: aristeides (#0)
These people are certifiably, criminally, insane.
#3. To: aristeides (#0)
#4. To: aristeides (#1)
#5. To: aristeides, MUDDOG, Cynicom, jessejane, Horse, Max, Esso, Eoghan, IndieTX, Arete, Arator, bluegrass (#0)
Writing for Greg's website, Zach Roberts reports that Palast is under criminal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for filming a site owned by Exxon Mobil for a Hurricane Katrina documentary.
#6. To: bluegrass (#3)
Homoland Security called his local police dept. and told them that Bollyn was a "dangerous man".
#7. To: robin (#5)
Who's next?
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#6)
I feel like I'm McMurphy and nurse Ratchet wants to medicate me.
#9. To: robin (#5)
At Palast's request, Homeland Security confirmed that Louisiana is, indeed, still part of the USA but did not respond when asked if the First Amendment applies there.
#10. To: bluegrass (#3)
#11. To: All (#0)
#12. To: aristeides (#10)
Chertoff is speaking
#13. To: jessejane (#9)
At Palast's request, Homeland Security confirmed that Louisiana is, indeed, still part of the USA but did not respond when asked if the First Amendment applies there.
#14. To: Cynicom (#12)
#15. To: aristeides (#10)
Chertoff is speaking on terrorism on C-SPAN Radio right now.
#16. To: Cynicom (#12)
This droid looks like Lenins grandson.
#17. To: aristeides (#16)
#18. To: robin (#14)
and his voice is so irritating.
#19. To: robin (#17)
What really hit home for me was when my Croatian limo driver complained about having to learn Spanish.
#20. To: aristeides (#1)
Coincidence?
Randi has Palast on regularly, even read a chapter for his audio book. we'll see today, with this development, if they keep him off the show.
But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing."-- Thomas Paine
#21. To: bluegrass (#8)
Be the Chief instead. ; )
#22. To: Jethro Tull (#21)
A well armed Chief. Excellent advice :)
#23. To: All (#0)
#24. To: bluegrass, christine (#3)
***LEAP***
"I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. Government will lead the American people, and the West in general, into an unbearable hell and choking life.
-- Osama bin Laden
"A prohibition law strikes at the very principles upon which our govt was founded."
- Lincoln
All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.
--William K Clifford
#25. To: Hmmmmm (#22)
Hey, I have one just like that. I haven't shot it in years, but it's oiled and ready to go. It worked like a charm in the past :)
#26. To: Jethro Tull (#25)
We all do. (or should) Point and click.
Hey, I have one just like that.
#27. To: Hmmmmm (#26)
I just shot this for the 1st time a few months ago. Big boom...
#28. To: Jethro Tull (#27)
How long will an administration that exhibits such contempt for the rest of the Bill of Rights leave the Second Amendment untouched?
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
#29. To: Jethro Tull, Boomers (#27)
.45ACP bump
#30. To: bluegrass (#7)
I sure wish the assholes would come out with it and stop keeping us in suspense. They might find out they are also in the crosshairs. ;0)
Some of us on this board are in the crosshairs.
"Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past." Richard M. Nixon
#31. To: aristeides (#28)
Not very long, I suspect. Obey their dictates at your own peril.
How long will an administration that exhibits such contempt for the rest of the Bill of Rights leave the Second Amendment untouched?
#32. To: Jethro Tull (#27)
Luv it! I've been looking for one for a few years, but don't seem to travel in the right circles anymore.
#33. To: jessejane (#9)
Well that's confusing. smoke and mirrors, fraud and deception, call it what you will. The USA, aks U.S., etc. is a corporation. There are two United States, or three.... There are two "Constitutions", the one signed by George Washington et al, and the one instituted by the banksters in 1871. For the most part, it looks like the original, but they doctored the name, left off the Preamble to the Bill of Rights [ http://www.harbornet.com/righ ts/lindat.html ], took out and disappeared the original thirteenth amendment [ http://www.barefootsworld.net/ 13essay.html ], added the deceptive, fraudulent, and unratified 14th, and then the 15th, and the unratified 16th [ http://www.thelawthatnever was.com/new/home.asp ], and the 17th amendment that allowed Senators to be bought and sold on the world market. It bears the original 10 amendments [Bill of Rights], but they are negated by the 14th, which is communist, and calls for privileges bestowed and taken away by government. So as not to alarm us, they pretend that the Bill of Rights is in effect, but don't try to argue your rights in a court with the Martial Law flag, gold-fringed with the eagle [Ezekiel 17:7-10] on top. "The Constitution is a contract, it is true, but [the people] are not a party to it." [search] However, this could prove to be GOOD news: ".....Jefferson also noted that the federal government and its courts are not the final arbitrator of the Constitution or the extent of the powers delegated to the federal government. Since the Constitution is a compact between the several States, and the federal government is not a party, but the result of that compact, it has no constitutional power to define the extent of the powers delegated to itself. Thus, contrary to popular belief, the federal courts do not have the lawful authority to interpret the Constitution or define the extent of the powers delegated to the federal government. Only the individual States, as the exclusive parties to the compact between themselves, possess that power. Otherwise, the Constitution would be meaningless as a written document, because, as stated by Jefferson, judicial discretion would replace the Constitution as the measure of the federal government's power. The Constitution, as stated above, is a compact, or in modern terminology, a contract. Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary of the twentieth century defines a compact as: An agreement; a contract. Usually applied to conventions between nations or sovereign states. The Constitution, as discussed previously, was established by a federal convention of sovereign States. The parties to the contract, known as the Constitution for the United States of America, are the individual States. Neither the federal government, nor the people, as comprising one nation, are a party to the agreement between the several States. It is a fundamental principle of contract law that a contract cannot be applied or enforced against any entity or individual that is not a party to the contract. Since the American people are not a party to the contract, and have no direct voice in the amendment of that contract, the federal government cannot have any general legislative authority over the people of the several States. Agent of the States In his classic work of 1868, "The Federal Government, Its True Nature and Character," Abel Upshur construed the federal government as a mere agent created by several States via the Constitution. He also stated the Constitution was a compact [contract] between the several States: The Federal Government is the creature of the States. It is not a party to the Constitution, but the result of it — the creation of that agreement which was made by the States as parties. It is a mere agent, entrusted with limited powers for certain specific objects; which powers and objects are enumerated in the Constitution. He continued by stating: According to the principles of all our institutions, sovereignty does not reside in any government whatever, neither State nor federal... The true sovereignty of the United States...is in the States, and not in the people of the United States, nor in the Federal Government. That government is but the agent through whom a portion of this sovereign power is exerted; possessing no sovereignty itself, and exerting no power, except which only as its constituents [the States] have conferred on it. In ascertaining what these powers are, it is obviously proper that we should look only to the grant from which they are derived. The agent can claim nothing for itself, and on its own account. The Constitution is a compact, and the parties to it are each State, with each and every other State. The Federal Government is not a party, but is the mere creature of the agreement between the States as parties. Upshur, who had been Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy, had an intimate knowledge of the Constitution and the purpose of the federal government. His book remains, in the authors' opinion, the definitive commentary on the nature of the Constitution and the character of the federal government. Conclusion Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution is simply a contract between the several States. When the States adopted the Constitution, they created a common agent called the federal government. They authorized their agent, through the contract, with the authority to perform limited enumerated functions that would be difficult or impossible for the States to perform individually. As stated by Alexander Hamilton, the powers of the States' agent, the federal government, pertain to the States in their united or collective capacity. Thus, the federal government is the common government of the several States, not the general government of the American people, as comprising one nation. As such, it has no general authority over the people of the several States because they are not a party to the contract commonly known as the Constitution for the United States [States united]." The Constitution and YOU, Part 3 http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/05/08/10/greenslade.htm People bind themselves to the NEW constitution by accepting 'benefits' the corporation has to offer: zip codes, "right to vote", "license to drive", "license to marry", use of "Federal Reserve Notes", etc. etc. IOW, you have privileges the government can take away on a whim that they call "due process". District of Columbia Act of 1871 http://www.worldnewssta nd.net/history/1871Act.htm The US Isn't a Country - It's a Corporation! http://www.worldnewsst and.net/history/U.S.Corp.htm U.S. Legal History http://www.wea lth4freedom.com/truth/U.S._legal_history.htm good one here: Your Chain of Command - Proof That You've Been Overthrown http://www.wealth4free dom.com/truth/17/command.htm more.... http://www.wealth4f reedom.com/truth/links2educate.htm People have been waking up to the fraud and the slavery, and are revolting, which is why they pulled off 911, as an excuse to tighten the screws, in the name of "safety and security".
At Palast's request, Homeland Security confirmed that Louisiana is, indeed, still part of the USA but did not respond when asked if the First Amendment applies there.
#34. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#33)
Thanks for the post and links ATKHWD. There's a lot to absorb here. Thanks.
People have been waking up to the fraud and the slavery, and are revolting, which is why they pulled off 911, as an excuse to tighten the screws, in the name of "safety and security".
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#35. To: aristeides (#0)
Most likely reasons behind Greg Palast’s harassment and why THEY want to shut him up… It has more to do with his basic stands than about any photo op ;) A few little resumes for ya all... Dying Regime Part 2 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 316522221891913371&hl=en Dying Regime http://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=378229989470389403&q=Dying+Regime Lynching by Laptop Part 2 http://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=29166033447680735&q=Lynching+by+Laptop Lynching by Laptop http://video.google.com/videoplay ?docid=832266622252138740&q=Lynching+by+Laptop Available in audio only format here : http://www.purevolume.com/tfyqa Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. -Frank Zappa We have become a nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world – a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that ishow history will judge us… No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we’ll kill you. – Hunter S. Thompson
#36. To: bluegrass (#7)
I guess I am setting up my reloading bench again, just in time. hehehe
Some of us on this board are in the crosshairs.
Do I hear a fat lady singing?
#37. To: TFYQA (#35) (Edited)
thanks for the links, TFYQA, and welcome to 4. btw, that's some quote from Hunter Thompson.
#38. To: TFYQA (#35)
That is how I see Poppy/Cheney/Rumsfeld and all their wonderful friends.
We have become a nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world – a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us… No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we’ll kill you. – Hunter S. Thompson
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers
#39. To: christine (#37)
And remember what happened to Hunter Thompson.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
#40. To: bluegrass (#7)
Every citizen and resident is in the crosshairs when any one persons freedom is improperly denied.
Some of us on this board are in the crosshairs.
#41. To: All (#0)
Reporter Palast Slips Clutches of Homeland Security.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
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